Full Idea
Why should moral responsibility be made to depend on autonomy, rather than on intelligence, education, social role, experience, or whatever?
Gist of Idea
Why should moral responsibility depend on autonomy, rather than social role or experience?
Source
John Kekes (Against Liberalism [1997], 03.3)
Book Reference
Kekes,John: 'Against Liberalism' [Cornell 1997], p.56
A Reaction
Social role seems a particularly good one to cite. 'I didn't really understand what I was doing.' 'But it's your job to understand!'